Crestron Wins 2018 Microsoft Global IoT Partner of the Year Award

Built on Microsoft Azure® platform, Crestron
XiO Cloud™ IoT-based cloud service recognized
for revolutionizing provisioning and management of workplace solutions.

July 16, 2018 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

ROCKLEIGH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crestron, a global leader in control and automation technology for the
modern workplace, today accepted the prestigious 2018 Microsoft Global
Partner of the Year Award for Internet of Things (IoT) in a ceremony at
the Microsoft
Inspire event in Las Vegas. Microsoft® recognized
Crestron for providing outstanding solutions in IoT in the form of Crestron
XiO Cloud, a revolutionary IoT-based provisioning and management
solution built on the Microsoft Azure® platform. Crestron XiO
Cloud is revolutionizing provisioning and management of Crestron’s
popular open UC, room scheduling, AV, and content sharing solutions at
the world’s leading companies, resulting in up to 90% reductions in
installation time, improvements in device uptime, and optimization of
people, space, and technology.

Powering the digital transformation

As businesses across every industry continue along their digital
transformation journey, Crestron IoT enabled automation and control
solutions enable facility management and IT staff to control entire
environments with a push of a button or click of a mouse, integrating
audio, video, digital signage, scheduling, lighting, building management
systems (BMS), HVAC and security systems. The strength of Crestron
IoT-enabled devices and systems is their integration in the Crestron XiO
Cloud, providing all-in-one monitoring, management and control from a
single platform.

“Intelligent workplace solutions are the springboard for digital
transformation- but managing the devices that enable it can be costly
and complicated. Crestron XiO Cloud reduces the complexities associated
with deploying, tracking, managing and evolving the ecosystem of IoT
enabled devices that make communication and collaboration seamless.
Crestron is honored to be recognized by Microsoft for developing
game-changing connected technologies that help propel digital
transformation at Fortune 500® companies worldwide,” said Ted
Colton, Vice President of Unified Communication Strategies at Crestron.

Celebrating partner achievement

The annual Microsoft Partner of the Year awards celebrate top Microsoft
partners who demonstrate excellence in innovation and implementation of
customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Microsoft received
more than 2,600 nominations from 115 countries for the 2018 program. The
IoT category was judged by a number of IoT stakeholders and leaders from
Microsoft Common Data Service, One Commercial Partner, Windows and
Azure. The judges selected the winners based on their commitment to
customers, the solution’s impact on the market, and exemplary use of
Microsoft technologies.

“Our ecosystem of partners is crucial to delivering transformative
solutions, and this year’s winners have proven to be some of the finest
among their peers,” said Gavriella Schuster, Corporate Vice President,
One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased to recognize
Crestron for being selected as winner of the 2018 Microsoft IoT Partner
of the Year award.”

About Crestron

At Crestron we build the technology that integrates technology. Our
automation and control solutions for homes and buildings let people
control entire environments with the push of a button, integrating
systems such as AV, lighting, shading, security, BMS and HVAC to provide
greater comfort, convenience and security. All of our products are
designed and built to work together as a complete system, enabling you
to monitor, manage and control everything from one platform.

Our products are backed by more than 90 fully-staffed offices that
provide 24 x 7 x 365 sales, technical, and training support across the
globe. In addition to its World Headquarters in Rockleigh, New Jersey,
Crestron has sales and support offices throughout the U.S., Canada,
Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Discover Crestron by
visiting www.crestron.com.